Apparatus for and method of handling fibrous textile stock



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-W. s. KINSLEY APPARATUS F'ORY AND METHOD OF' HANDLING FBROUS TEXTILE STOCK Filed June 5, m22

f l u Patented ug, 14, 159237 weiteres.

VILLIAM S. KINSLEY, 0F READING, IVIASSHSETTS, ASSIG-NCIL TO RUSSELL COll/IlANY,` OF BOSTON, vASSACI'IUSETTS, L GOBPORIQN GF RASSACIUSETTS.

APPARATUS :EUR AND METHOD Ol HrNDLING-FIESROUS TEXTILE STOCK.

VApplication filed June 3,

T0 @ZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM S. KINsLnr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Reading, in the county of MiddleseX and State ot-h/Iassachusetts, have `invented Van Improvement in'Apparatus Ylor and Methods of I-Iandling Fibrous Textile Stock, of whichthe following description,V

in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specicat-ion, like characters on vthe drawings representing like parts.

My invention pertains to apparatus for and method rof handling brous textileV stock such as wool, shoddy, or the like, wherein the material is conveyed by means of a blast of air.

lvly'invention has among its objects the provision of dividing the stock` and the air Y in a simple and expeditious manner without necessltatlng a reduction 1n velocity of the air current. My4 invention, however, wlll be best understood from the following dee-V scription Awhen read in light of the accompanying drawings of one specific embodiment of my inventionselected `'for illustrative purposes, while thescope of my lnvenl tion will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: f Fig. 1 represents a vertical section through a bin for receiving wool or shoddy; and

Fig. 2 is a section on the. line 2 2 .of

` Referring to the drawings and to the preerred embodimentofmy invention, I have shown a bin 1 having Van end wall 3, the

bottom wall 5 and top wall'7. Entering the bin is an air blast conduit'9 for conveying finished stock to the bin,'the stock being blown through the conduit by a current vol air, suitable means, not shown, being provided ior creating the blast of air and for placing the stock in the conduit.

Heretofore, it has been necessary, in order to separate the stock Vfrom the air to reduce the velocity of the -air flow by expansion in order that the material willl drop into thel bottom ofthe bin without'the'air affect-ing' it. My presentinvention has todo with ei"- 'ecting this separation "withoutthe employment ofthe cumbersome and bulky apparatus and arrangement olf-conduits heretofore employed for effecting Vthis result in prior devices known to me.

192s. serial no. 565,792.

- To the above ends the conduit 9 terminates within a bor: having an open bottom and a orammous wall opposite the end of the conduit. l/Vhen the 'airstrikes the oraminous wall the material falls to the bottom of the'bin while the air passes through the foraminous wall and is discharged 'from the bin throughV a second oraminous wall. Iieferring to the drawings, which disclose the specilic embodiment or myinvention selected for illustration, the box just referred to comprises the end walls 11 and 13 and the side walls 15, all of which are formed of screen held in suitable framing 17 which is suspended from the top wall 7 of the bin in any suitable manner.' To improve the separating operation the walls 15 taper toward the open bottom 19 of the box, while to prevent the stock from being held by the blast against the wall 13 opposite the end of the conduit and accumulating there, said wall at this point is provided with an imperiorate baffle 21. Further, thewall 3 of the bin is provided with an opening` closed by the screen 23 and aligned with the conduit 9.

In operation the stock conveyed by the blast of 'air as heretofore explained` Jfalls through the screens 13 and 23 without dis-V turbing the material'in the bottom or" the bin.

Although I have described for purposes of illustration one specific embodiment or my invention, it is to be understood that I am not limited thereby to its particular mechanical vdetails but that wide deviations may be made therefrom without departing rom'the spirit of my invention.

Claims :f

1. InV anapparatus of the character described, a bin for receiving brous textile stock, an air blast conduit for such material terminating within said bin, a oraminons wall in front of the end of said conduit, and the wall of saidbin having a oraminous portionaligned with the first mentioned wall.

'2. In Van apparatus of the character de- Wall in front of the end of said conduit, and the Wall of said bin having an opening aligned with said foraminous Wall.

3'. In an apparatus of the character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, a box of foraminous material having a vvall with an opening and having an open bottom spaced above the bottom of said bin, an air blast conduit for said material terminating at said opening, and the Wall of said bin having a foraminous portion spaced from and aligned with the opposite Wall of said box.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, an air blast conduit for said material arranged to have its` discharge projected across Vsaid bin above the bottom of said bin, an opening in the vvall of said'bin aligned with the end of said conduit, and a forami- A nous Wall interposed between the end of said conduit and said opening.

5. In an apparatus ofthe character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, an air blast conduit for said material arranged to have its discharge projected across said bin above the bottom of said bin, an opening in the Wall of said bin having a foraminous closure aligned with the end of said conduit, and a foraniinous Wall inter V posed between the end of said conduit and said. opening.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, an air blast conduit for said material arranged to have its discharge projected across said bin above the bottom thereof and having its end spaced from the Wall of said bin toward which it discharges, a baffle in spaced relation with the end of said conduit,

a foraminous ivall adjacent said baffle, and

the Wall of said bin toivard which the conduit discharges having a fora-minous portion aligned with the first mentioned Yforaminous Wall.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, a bin 'for receiving fibrous textile stock, a box of foraminous material having an open bottom spaced above the bottom of said bin, an air blast conduit for said material terminating at an opening in one Wall of said box, a baffle aligned With the end of said conduit, and the Wall of said bin having a foraminous Vportion aligned With the opposite ivall of said box.

8. In an apparatus of the Vcharacter describedsa bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, -a box having a bottom with a restricted opening, an air`blast conduit for said material discharging into said box above its bottom, the Wall of said box opposite the end of said conduit being foraminous, and the Wall of said bin opposite the end of said conduit having a. foraminous portion aligned with said conduit.

9. In an apparatusl of the character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stoclr, a box having an open bottom and side Walls tapering toward said bottom, an air blast conduit entering a ivall of said box and projecting its discharge across said box above the bottom thereof, the Wall of said box toward which said blast travels being foraminous, and the portion ofthe Wall of said bin toward which the blast travels being foraminous.

l0. In an apparatus of the character described, a bin for receiving fibrous textile stock, a box having an open bottom and side Walls tapering toivard said bottoni, an air blast conduit entering a ivall of said box and projecting its discharge across said box above the bottom thereof, the Wall of said box toward Which said blast travels being foraminous, a baffle disposed between the end of said conduitand the last mentioned Wall, Vand the portion of the Wall of said bin toward which the blast travels being forami! nous.

11. In an apparatus of the character described, Yan air blast conduit for conveyingV fibrous textile stock, a box into which said conduit opens, said box having an open bot tom and side Walls of foraminous material tapering toward said bottom, and the Wall of said box opposite the endet said conduit being foraminous and having a bafile aligned with the end of said'conduit. 12. The method of separating fibrous textile stock from a high velocity current of air and depositing said material in a bin which consists in, projecting said blast across the top of said bin through a succession of spaced upright screens. V

I3. The method of separating fibrous textile stock from a high velocity current of air which consists in projecting` said air to cause it to travel in ahorizontal direction through a succession of spaced upright screens. Y. Y Y

lLI. The combination ivith arbin or the like for receiving fibrous textile stock, of

In testimony whereof, I .have signed name to thisspecification.

WILLIAM s'. innerer'.

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